The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
hristlap religion is delu,ion, give me til.

Christian religion is delu'ion, give me tho
helusionl -..
The strong conclusion OF every man and
yomar in the house is that Christianity pro-
ducing such grand results cannot DO deu-
sion. A lie, a cheat, swindle, an halucina.
ton cannot launch such glory of the centu.
ries. Your logic aud your common sense con-
vince you that a bad cause cannot produce an
illustrious result; out Of the womb of such
monster no such angel can DO born. There
are many in this house this morning, in the
galleries aud on the main floor, who began
a stupid farce, who have come to the conclu-
sion that it is a reality. Why are you
here to day. Why did you sing this songl
Why did you bow your head in the opening
prayert Why did you bring your family
with you' Why, when tell You OF the end.
ing OF all trials in the bosom of God, do there
stand tears in your eyes-not tears of grief,
but tears of iov, such as stand in the ewes Of
honiesick children far away at school when
some one talks to them about going homel
Why Is it that YOU can lie so calmly sub
missive TO the death of your loved one, about
whose departure you once were so angry
and so rebelious' There is some
thing tho matter with you. All your
friends have found out there is great
change. And if some of you would give
your experience, you would give it in schol-
arly STYLE. and others giving your expert.
ence would give 1t in broken style, but the
ono experience would be just as COOL as the
other. Some of you have read everything.
You are scientific and you are scholarly and
sensible thing you ever did.n you would say:
"The most sensible thing ever did was to
give my heart to God.n
But there may be others here who have not
had early advantages, and il they were
asked to give their experience, they might
rise aud give such testimony as the man gave
in prayer meeting, when he said ION my
way here tonight, met a man who asked
mo whore was going Isaid; I am going
to praycr-meeting He sid: There are a
good many religions, and think the most of
them are delusiors; as to the Christian
religion, that is only q notion, that
is a mere notion, the Christian
that tavern over thereH Yes he said, I see
it, DO you see NEE Yes, Of course see
YOU Now, the time was, as everybody
in this town knows, that if had a quarter
of dollar in my pocket l could not pass that
tavern without going in and getting drink;
all the people of Jefferson could not keep mo
out of that place; but God has changed my
heart, and the Lord Jesus Christ has
destroyed my thirst for strong drink, and
there is my whole weeks wages, and / have
no temptation to 20 in there; and, stranger,
if this Is a notion, want to tell you 1t Is
mighty powerful notion; it is notion that
has put clothes on my children's back, and u
is notion that has filled my mouth with
Thanksgiving to God. And, stranger, you
had better go along with me, you might get
religion, too; lots Of people are getting re-
ligion now.'" :,
We'll, we will soon understand it all. Your
life and mine will soon be over. we VIII
soon come to the last bar of the music, 70
the last act of the tragedy, to the last page
OF the book-yea to the last line and t. the
last word and to you and to me it will either
be midnoon or midnight.